Scottish athletics books

A number of early athletics books have been digitised on the excellent Athlos site, and can be read there without charge. Visit Athlos

General historiesPedestrianism (1813). Walter Thom.The Athletes and Athletic Sports of Scotland (1891). W McCombie Smith.Fifty Years of Athletics: an historical record of the Scottish Amateur Athletic Association (1933). Kenneth Whitton and David A Jamieson, 160 pages.Powderhall and Pedestrianism (1943). David A Jamieson, 320 pages.Gold at New Year (1972). John Franklin, 117 pages.Scottish Athletics 1883-1983 (1982). John W Keddie, 264 pages.Runs will take place whatever the weather: the centenary history of the Scottish Cross Country Union 1890-1990 (1990). Colin A Shields, 283 pages.The Past is a Foreign Country: a history of Scottish Athletics (2014). Colin Shields and Arnold Black, 284 pages.Scottish Athletics Record Book (2018). Arnold Black, 113 pages (online only, click on heading to read).

Highland Games, generalMen of Muscle and the Highland Games of Scotland (1901). C Donaldson.Scottish Sports and how to excel in them (1910). JJ MillerHighland Gatherings (1927). Sir Iain Colquhoun and Hugh Machell, 207 pages.Scottish Highland Games (1973). David Webster, 143 pages.The Games (1974). Charlie Allan, 72 pages.Highland Games, the making of the myth (1991). Grant Jarvie, 120 pages.The World History of Highland Games (2011). David Webster, 288 pages.

Highland Games, specific gatherings[This is an incomplete list; many gatherings include their history in the event programme each year]Aboyne (1909)Aboyne, the results of the principal competitions 1867-1927 (1927). 64 pages.Aboyne (1960)Aboyne Highland Games 150th Anniversary Souvenir (2017)Airth (1984). Steve McGrail, 32 pages.One Hundred and Fifty Years of the Alva Gymnastic Games (2006). Norman Dovey, 40 pages.History of the Argyllshire Gathering 1871-1971 (1971). G Malcolm, 40 pages.Blackford (1994)Braemar (1926)A history of the Cowal Highland Gathering (1957). WL Inglis, 44 pages.Crieff Highland Gathering, a Retrospect of Fifty Years (1920). A Porteous.Halkirk and its Highland Games (1977). Donald Omand and John Porter, 56 pages.'e Games, a History of the Halkirk Highland Games (2003). James B Gunn jun, 76 pages.